Working with Quizzes in Moodle Quizzes are one of the more unusual activities in Moodle and have some added depth of functionality which makes them seem a bit more complicated. They take a while to set up but are often very low maintenance afterwards as many question types are or can be self-grading. You can [...]
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Setting up the attendance activity can be a bit of work but once done using it to take attendance can save a lot of time. It's not perfect for all situations and needs to be setup at the start of every term but it can still be a major time-saver. CreateGradeTroubleshootCreate Adding a New Attendance [...]
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The text editor (sometimes referred to as the ‘HTML editor’ or even ‘Atto’) has many icons to assist the user in entering content. Many of these icons and functions should be familiar to anyone who uses a word processor. Some examples of where you will see the text editor include editing section headings, describing an [...]
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In a staging area you how more power over your courses than you would elsewhere in Moodle. You can: Create, Modify and Delete Moodle Courses placed here Common uses of the Staging Area include... Experimenting with Activities and Resources (Sandboxes) Course Development (DEV) Shared online resources such as office hours or announcements between classes (with [...]
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Creating & Modifying Course Content Editing content is a key part of creating and maintaining a Moodle course. This page is broken into key locations of a Moodle course and some things may only appear if you've got the correct course settings enabled. Special Role/Permissions required Those with the role of Instructor, Staging Manager, Editing [...]
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When editing has been turned on for a course, the link for adding Activities or Resources appears in many places. You can add an activity or resource anywhere this link occurs. The following is a brief introduction to what activities and resources are in the context of Moodle, followed by a list of types for [...]
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The Course Grade Settings Tab The Course Grade Settings tab is a section of the gradebook Setup. It is used to determine how grades appear for all participants in this specific course (students and instructors). BasicsGeneral settingsUser reportBasics The Course Grade Settings tab provides settings that determine how the Grader report, Overview report and User report will appear. [...]
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Working with Groups in Moodle This is an advanced topic. You should be somewhat familiar with the Moodle interface and setting up courses before you try the following. An instructor can organize users into Groups across an entire course and within particular activities of a course. At its simplest, creating groups allows you to organize [...]
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Pages are for static content- a student cannot interact with them except to view them. A page is a handy way to display information to students without having them navigate away from Moodle. This keeps less tech-savvy students from getting lost or disoriented and is a sure way to ensure better control over content shared [...]
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